The T.I.G.E.R. Protocol: An Integrative 5-Step Programme to Treat and Heal Your Autoimmunity - Softcover

Palanisamy, Dr Akil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472299779 ISBN 13: 9781472299772

Publisher: Headline Home, 2023

Synopsis

Auto-immune disorders like Graves Disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, Lupus, Coeliac and even Long-Covid, affect an estimated 300 million people worldwide. These disorders can be frustrating as they are difficult to diagnose, painful and often invisible. Now, with this simple yet powerful 5-step plan devised by Dr Akil Palanisamy, readers can learn to treat, tame and potentially reverse painful autoimmune conditions.

In The T.I.G.E.R. Protocol, Dr Akil Palanisamy uses his training in Western medicine and complementary therapies to create an integrative approach to treat autoimmune diseases. Addressing five key elements - Toxins, Infections, Gut health, Eating right and Rest and balance - this approach has proved remarkably effective for both patients with full-blown disease and those who had been told they were on the path to autoimmunity.

The foundation of this approach is the use of specific healing foods. Diet can be a powerful tool, but autoimmune diets that are typically recommended are often restrictive. Dr Akil's protocol expands the diet to be less draconian while maintaining clinical efficacy, potentially reversing the effects of years of suffering from disease and taking a person off the path to suffering in years to come.

The protocol is split into easy-to-follow Phase 1 and Phase 2 diets, allowing you to eliminate the necessary food sensitivities in the short term and then reintroduce foods to achieve a more diverse and balanced diet. It also includes Dr Akil's top 10 healing foods for the microbiome - including mushrooms, artichokes and dark chocolate.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Akil Palanisamy is a Harvard-trained physician who practices integrative medicine, blending his conventional medical expertise with holistic approaches including functional medicine and Ayurveda. Dr Akil attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts in biochemical sciences. He earned an MD from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and completed family medicine residency training at Stanford University. He then graduated from a fellowship in integrative medicine with Dr Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona and received certification from the Georgetown University Center.

Dr Akil is the Department Chair for Integrative Medicine at the Sutter Health Institute for Health and Healing (IHH). He also serves as IHH Physician Director for Community Education and leads their educational initiatives and programmes. Dr Akil has been a consultant with the Medical Board of California for many years.

A widely known speaker and educator, he is the author of The Paleovedic Diet: A Complete Program to Burn Fat, Increase Energy, and Reverse Disease. Dr Akil has been seeing patients and conducting clinical research studies in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than two decades. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, travelling and spending time with his wife and daughter.

From the Back Cover

'A holistic and clinically proven approach to treating autoimmune disease that can help millions of people afflicted by this epidemic.' Dr. William Li, New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease and Eat to Beat Your Diet

Autoimmune disorders affect an estimated three hundred million people worldwide. That's a staggering number of individuals struggling with conditions like Hashimoto's disease, type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease, lupus, allergies and eczema, even Long Covid among many others. It can take numerous years and visits to different health professionals to receive an accurate diagnosis, leaving many autoimmune patients feeling confused, hopeless, or uninformed.

After working with these patients for more than two decades, Harvard-trained physician Dr. Akil Palanisamy was inspired to develop the TIGER protocol, an integrative treatment approach combining his work as a functional medicine practitioner with his training in Ayurveda, the traditional medicine of India. He has since used this simple protocol to successfully treat thousands of patients. Featuring a two-phase elimination and reintroduction diet, the protocol works to address the root cause of your autoimmunity instead of treating just the symptoms.

Through this five-step protocol, you will:
Remove Toxins
Heal Infections
Improve Your Gut Health
Learn to Eat Right
Consciously Rest and Rebalance

This holistic approach will guide you as you build up your health, reduce the occurrence of flare-ups, attain remission with a minimum of medications, and feel better so that you can live life to the fullest. The TIGER Protocol gives you the tools you need to start on the path toward healing and freedom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Home
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472299779
• ISBN 13: 9781472299772
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400